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"Video sharing sites have been telling us what is ok and what is not ok to say. " - not super sure about this. Examples? The first clause is really misleading

"Video sharing sites have been telling us what is ok and what is not ok to say. " - not super sure about this. Examples? The first clause is really misleading and I don't think it's completely true. I understand the fight against big tech, but I'm not convinced they block expression (unless you're in China) I get that they might screen content for appropriateness (e.g law abiding). Agreed, that they may block users, but still fairly sure people are able to post what they want.

Bcin 7y ago
Agreed. Will tweak that and revise. The thought process behind it was that blocking was the equivalent of telling us what is ok to say and what isn't ok to say, however, I agree that it can be a little misleading.
all2 7y ago
Bulk demonitization and banning of inconvenient views inside the United States has been ongoing for about four or five years now. I say "inconvenient views" because Google shut down Tulsi Gabbard's adwords account in the 24 to 48 hours following the first democratic debate about a year ago [0]. I think conservatives are the most vocal about this[1], but it is hard to track to total impact of something coming from an institutional level (with methods like shadow banning). To the OP: I'd say be specific in your claims. Sweeping claims of shadowbanning aren't useful to anyone (perhaps a look here [2] will help you with composing useful copy). If I were you, I would also reach out to the creators directly and offer your platform as an alternative. [0] https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/tulsi-gabbard-sues-google-account-suspension-1435405 https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/tulsi-gabbard-sues... [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=youtube+shadowban+conservative+channels&t=ftas&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=youtube+shadowban+conservative+cha... [2] http://paulgraham.com/useful.html http://paulgraham.com/useful.html
- Bcin 7y ago
  In general, my main method of reaching out is to contact creators directly. I'm constantly trying to interact with content creators and victims of demonetization and complete deletion. It's hard to do in bulk, but PG has always said to do things that don't scale. Also I'm not trying to fall into the realm of only targeting "conservatives" vs "democrats." I don't think that would be necessarily helpful to our goal of reclaiming what made video-sharing so powerful prior to being heavily regulated and advertiser focused. Though conservatives have been very vocal about the said problems, conservatives aren't the only ones that are being affected. The CAVI team and I are trying to solve this problem in a more general sense, but at the same time, we will keep in mind those who were affected the hardest.

Bcin 7y ago

Agreed. Will tweak that and revise. The thought process behind it was that blocking was the equivalent of telling us what is ok to say and what isn't ok to say, however, I agree that it can be a little misleading.

all2 7y ago

Bulk demonitization and banning of inconvenient views inside the United States has been ongoing for about four or five years now. I say "inconvenient views" because Google shut down Tulsi Gabbard's adwords account in the 24 to 48 hours following the first democratic debate about a year ago [0]. I think conservatives are the most vocal about this[1], but it is hard to track to total impact of something coming from an institutional level (with methods like shadow banning). To the OP: I'd say be specific in your claims. Sweeping claims of shadowbanning aren't useful to anyone (perhaps a look here [2] will help you with composing useful copy). If I were you, I would also reach out to the creators directly and offer your platform as an alternative. [0] https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/tulsi-gabbard-sues-google-account-suspension-1435405 https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/tulsi-gabbard-sues... [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=youtube+shadowban+conservative+channels&t=ftas&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=youtube+shadowban+conservative+cha... [2] http://paulgraham.com/useful.html http://paulgraham.com/useful.html

Bcin 7y ago
In general, my main method of reaching out is to contact creators directly. I'm constantly trying to interact with content creators and victims of demonetization and complete deletion. It's hard to do in bulk, but PG has always said to do things that don't scale. Also I'm not trying to fall into the realm of only targeting "conservatives" vs "democrats." I don't think that would be necessarily helpful to our goal of reclaiming what made video-sharing so powerful prior to being heavily regulated and advertiser focused. Though conservatives have been very vocal about the said problems, conservatives aren't the only ones that are being affected. The CAVI team and I are trying to solve this problem in a more general sense, but at the same time, we will keep in mind those who were affected the hardest.